Honoring, Healing & Remembering
5/20/2025 10:29:00 AM
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Boarding School
Join us on the 91st anniversary of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School closing. We recognize the suffering, strength and resilience of the children through a day of memoriam and fellowship.
Friday, June 6, 2025
Sunrise Ceremony
7 a.m. | Mission Creek Cemetery
1 Mile North off of Pickard Rd. on Bamber Rd.
Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
1111 S. Crawford Rd., Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Welcoming all Pipe Carriers, Tribal Flag Bearers and Jingle Dress Dancers
Speakers:
- Readers Theater: Stories Within the Walls of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School By Thomasine Ruby MeShawboose, SCIT Tribal Elder
- Lacey Kinnart, Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS)
- Melissa Isaac & Shannon Martin, Indigenous Education Initiative
- THPO & MIIBS Update: Marcella Hadden, SCIT Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Silent Auction donations welcome
Contact Charla Riley at ChRiley@sagchip.org or 989-775-4756
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